Sony Computer Entertainment America Senior Staff Engineer Chris Norden hosted a Game Developers Conference panel titled "Developing for the PS4." While a lot of the speech was heady technical stuff, there were some very interesting reveals.

Capcom is pleased to announce that it has decided to develop the first title, "deep down -working title-." This title is to be developed using "Panta Rhei," Capcom's proprietary software development engine to provide the optimum game development environment for next-generation game consoles. "Panta Rhei" supports the latest graphics, enhances work flow to bring down development costs, and improves development efficiency in order to raise game quality.

Zombie Studios is excited to announce that Blacklight: Retribution will be coming to the PlayStation 4.

One year and over 2 million players since its launch, Blacklight: Retribution has been available on the PC, but from the start of development Zombie Studios has always wanted Blacklight: Retribution to be available on the PlayStation, and today we can officially say it is coming to PlayStation 4. Blacklight: Retribution is a fast paced, free-to-play online, multiplayer game that takes place in the near future and allows players to customize their characters and weapons in countless ways.. There are millions of permutations!

Lock, load and floor it to drive the fight to engage in vehicular warfare and battles in open spaces on Daybreak, Outcast, and Perdition in the Halo 4 Castle Map Pack, now available for download on Xbox LIVE!

Monday, 25 March 2013

Set in 1912, players assume the role of former Pinkerton agent Booker DeWitt, sent to the flying city of Columbia on a rescue mission. His target? Elizabeth, imprisoned since childhood.

During their daring escape, Booker and Elizabeth form a powerful bond one that lets Booker augment his own abilities with her world-altering control over the environment. Together, they fight from high-speed Sky-Lines, in the streets and houses of Columbia, on giant zeppelins, and in the clouds, all while learning to harness an expanding arsenal of weapons and abilities, and immersing players in a story that is not only steeped in profound thrills and surprises, but also invests its characters with what IGN called "Emotional ties (that) will continue to set the bar in gaming."

In the Gameplay Reveal Trailer for Assassin's Creed® 4 Black FlagTM, embark on a treacherous journey as Captain Edward Kenway, a pirate trained by assassins, and relive the truly explosive events that defined the Golden Age of Pirates.

Kevin VanOrd travels to the city in the sky to bring you this video review for BioShock Infinite. (This video may contain spoilers. If you want to experience this game yourself, please come back later.)

Diablo III on PS3 (also coming to PS4) will be a specially tailored version of Blizzard Entertainment's epic action RPG, and will include all of the upgrades we've made to the PC version since launch. The PS3 and PS4 versions will completely redevelop the interface, controls, and camera so that the traditional Diablo hack-and-slash, loot-collecting, dungeon-crawl feels natural and fun with a controller in your hands.

Diablo III is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the third installment in the Diablo franchise that features elements of the dungeon crawl and hack and slash genres.

Diablo III was released in the Americas, Europe, South Korea, and Taiwan on May 15, 2012, and in Russia on June 7, 2012. Diablo III set a new record for fastest-selling PC game by selling over 3.5 million copies in the first 24 hours of its release. It was also the highest selling PC game of 2012, selling more than 12 million copies during the year. It received generally positive reviews from critics, although its digital rights management that requires an internet connection at all times was criticized.

Players have five character classes available; the Witch Doctor, Barbarian, Wizard, Monk and Demon Hunter. New features include an online auction house, which allows players to trade virtual items with in-game gold or real life money, and artisans that can craft materials gathered by the player to create new items.

The screens, which IGN sources have verified as accurate, confirm a number of rumored features of the next-generation Microsoft console, including a new high-fidelity Kinect sensor. But perhaps a troubling revelation for used game purchasers, the documentation includes a rather blunt reference to mandatory game installs.

The future of PlayStation is all about great games and entertainment, and at PlayStation Meeting 2013, we brought some of the brightest and most creative minds from the development community on stage to unveil the games that will define PS4.

Tuesday, 19 March 2013

The Betrayal is the 2nd episode in the Tyranny of King Washington, in which Washington goes mad with power and rules as tyrannical King. Connor awakens, having never become an Assassin, and accepts this mission to fight for freedom. In this new episode, travel to Boston to find an unlikely but familiar ally in your war against the King. Live history as it never happened and ignite a new revolution!

Based on the hit television series, Star Trek: The Next Generation puts players in the role of an honorary Starfleet Officer serving next to their favorite characters from the show. Features include eight different U.S.S Enterprise missions, many Multi-Ball Modes, Holodeck Video Modes and opportunities to advance in rank.

Friday, 15 March 2013

Wii U sales hit a low in January and February this year, according to the latest NPD data.

Nintendo's console sold just 57,000 units in January, managing to up that number to 64,000 in February. This is worse than any recorded week for the current-generation consoles (Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3). The Xbox was top of the hardware chart with 302,000.

BioShock Infinite puts players in the shoes of U.S. Cavalry veteran turned hired gun, Booker DeWitt. Indebted to the wrong people and with his life on the line, DeWitt has only one opportunity to wipe his slate clean. He's one man, alone. And the followers of the Prophet Father Comstock will stop at nothing to keep Booker from his Quarry. But with an arsenal of weapons and the incredible powers granted by Vigors, Booker deals death from above on the Sky-Lines of Columbia. And the girl he's there to rescue might turn out to be the partner he needs to survive.

This clip is part of the Xbox SmartGlass exclusive featurette "The Company of Dwarves," which can be experienced when you buy "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" on Xbox Video.

Xbox SmartGlass is a companion application for Xbox 360 available for Windows 8, Windows Phone, iOS, Android (version 4.0 and above) and Windows Server 2012. It was announced by Microsoft during E3 2012 and released on October 26, 2012, coinciding with the release of Windows 8.

It connects with the Xbox 360 and allows more interactive entertainment, allowing mobile devices to potentially serve as second screens and remote controller. Currently only Windows 8 phones and iOS devices fully utilise the full service of SmartGlass such as Halo 4 stats and Forza Horizon GPS. Android does not yet support these functions.

Users of Windows Server 2012 can currently download the application from the Windows Store after installing the Windows Desktop Experience feature in the Server Manager

Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Lt. Damon Baird is knee-deep in locust guts on Sera right now. But he still wants to hear from you. On March 14th, Baird will be answering questions. He'll even be on the mic to answer his favorites. So join the Gear Talk with Baird event now and check back on the 14th when Baird spills his guts.

Put on your driving gloves, there's a new vehicle in Sound Shapes and it changes everything! Speed, flip, loop, and jump your way through the levels and experience Sound Shapes like never before. We set out to make a platformer and created a trials game by accident. Yeah!

This pack includes new Campaign levels, a full Sound Pack, brand new editor entities (like loop-de-loops, speed boosts, and more), Beat School lessons, and trophies too.

Monday, 11 March 2013

Lego City Undercover is an upcoming sandbox-style action-adventure video game, currently in development by TT Fusion, a division of TT Games, that will be released on the Wii U on 18 March 2013 in North America and on 28 March 2013 in Europe. A prequel is also in development for the Nintendo 3DS. Unlike previous Lego titles developed by TT Games, which have been based on various licenses, the game is based on the Lego City brand and is a first Lego game to be published by Nintendo rather than an independent publisher such as WB Games or LucasArts.

This video highlights the Infector (not only does damage but grows boils on your enemies that erupt with monsters that can then wreak havoc on other enemies), the Bio Magnetic Gun (does damage to bad guys, heals the shield of good guys), the Rocket Launcher (come on, who doesn't love those), and the Detonator (think Rocket Launcher on speed with the ability to bog down enemies so those you don't finish off are vulnerable for the one-two punch).

Thursday, 7 March 2013

Emergence Day just unleashed hell upon the people of Sera. A young Lieutenant named Damon Baird and his team, Kilo Squad, must square off against an indomitable locust villain to save a city and its people, and no rules or orders are going to stand in their way. Pre-order Gears of War: Judgment, the most intense Gears game yet, and pick it up in stores starting March 19, 2013.

Gears of War: Judgment is an upcoming third-person shooter that Epic Games and People Can Fly are co-developing as the fourth entry to the Gears of War series, a follow-up that Microsoft Studios intends to publish for the Xbox 360 in North America on 19 March 2013, with subsequent regions following later that month.

On 4 June 2012, Microsoft officially announced the development of Gears of War: Judgment at the company's press conference during the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2012, before releasing a debut trailer and demonstrating the upcoming multiplayer features. Prior to Microsoft's announcement, video game journalists had already determined that the chronology of events in Gears of War: Judgment would pre-date that of the other releases in the franchise, and that the prequel would feature Damon Baird and Augustus Cole as protagonists.

PlayStation Vita sales had quadrupled in Japan following its price cut down to 20,000 yen. Today, confirmation of Vita's huge sales in Japan have come by way of Gematsu, which translated Japanese sales figures from February 25th to March 3rd.

In that time, sales didn't only quadruple. They're up nearly six times pre-price cut numbers.

The novelty has hardly worn off the iPhone 5 but that isn't stopping Apple from lining up its next release. iMore is reporting that consumers might be able to get their hands on the iPhone 5S as early as August, a mere eleven months after the iPhone 5's release. Next generation iPads might arrive even sooner with that, with rumors of a potential April release for the iPad 5 and perhaps even the iPad Mini 2 floating about.

For the first time ever, King Leonidas will be brought to life in God of War: Ascension Multiplayer as depicted by Gerard Butler in "300". If you pre-order either the standard or Collector's Edtion, exclusively at Gamestop, you will receive a voucher code to access history's most heroic Spartan.

God of War: Ascension hits March 12, 2013. Pre-order at GameStop now to get King Leonidas and the Mythological Heroes Pack.

Adorn the armor of four of the most legendary heroes in Greek Mythology -- Perseus, Orion, Odysseus, and Achilles. Pre-Order God of War: Ascension at any supporting retailer to guarantee you'll be fighting in the multiplayer arena with The Mythological Heroes Pack.

God of War: Ascension hits March 12, 2013. Pre-order now to get the Mythological Heroes Pack.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows will shell shock digital distribution networks this summer. Here is the trailer for the downloadable game coming to PC, PSN and XBLA in several months. The game will offer four-player online co-op where players can become any of the heroes in a half shell.

TMNT: Out of the Shadows appears to be the first in a three-game deal between Activision and Nickelodeon. The turtles used to be in the hands of Ubisoft, but that relationship seems to have splintered.

Monday, 4 March 2013

Lego City Undercover is an upcoming sandbox-style action-adventure video game, currently in development by TT Fusion, a division of TT Games, that will be released on the Wii U on 18 March 2013 in North America and on 28 March 2013 in Europe.

A prequel is also in development for the Nintendo 3DS. Unlike previous Lego titles developed by TT Games, which have been based on various licenses, the game is based on the Lego City brand and is a first Lego game to be published by Nintendo rather than an independent publisher such as WB Games or LucasArts.

No, we don't know when it is, but Naomi is already planning for the new Xbox Event. Greg also offers a rant about the Injustice comic and Brian Altano wonders why people are buying Aliens: Colonial Marines. Like...really. Why are you?

SimCity's Jason Haber also stops by to give us some insight into SimCity (and tackles the age old question of when it's coming to Mac).

It is 1715. Pirates rule the Caribbean and have established a lawless pirate republic. Among these outlaws is a fearsome young captain named Edward Kenway. His exploits earn the respect of pirate legends like Blackbeard, but draw him into an ancient war that may destroy everything the pirates have built.

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is an upcoming action-adventure game, and the sixth main installment in the Assassin's Creed series. A sequel to 2012's Assassin's Creed III, the game will tell the story of Edward Kenway - father to Haytham Kenway, grandfather to Ratonhnhaké:ton and an ancestor of Desmond Miles. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag will be set primarily on and around the islands in the Caribbean Sea during the early 18th century.

Gears of War: Judgment was crafted for Gears fans. This TV commercial takes a moment to celebrate them. How many Gears Easter Eggs can you find in the video? Gears of War: Judgment releases in North America March 19, 2013.

Sunday, 3 March 2013

EA SPORTS sat down with Socceroo and NY Red Bull, Tim Cahill, to find out which players would make his Ultimate 11. What do you think about his squad?

FIFA 13 (also known as FIFA Soccer 13 in North America) is the most recent edition of Electronic Arts' highly-acclaimed association football FIFA video game series. It was developed by EA Canada.

The game was released on September 2012 in most regions, and in Japan in October. The Wii U version was released alongside the console on its launch day in all regions.

Lionel Messi was the first person to appear individually on a FIFA game cover in North America for 10 years. It is also the first game to not include Wayne Rooney on the cover of the UK version since FIFA 06.

The UK version of FIFA 13 instead includes Lionel Messi, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Joe Hart and with St James' Park, the home of Newcastle United, in the background.

FIFA 13 included new features to the FIFA franchise such as the First Touch Control. New celebrations were also added as a new feature.

Saturday, 2 March 2013

The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is an upcoming video game console from Sony Computer Entertainment. Billed as the successor to the PlayStation 3, the PS4 was officially announced at a press conference on February 20, 2013. The announcement makes it the second eighth-generation console to be officially confirmed, the first being Nintendo's Wii U. It will also be the fourth game console in Sony's PlayStation series. The PS4 is expected to launch in the fourth quarter of 2013.

Moving away from the Cell architecture, the PlayStation 4 will be the first in the Sony series to feature compatibility with the x86 architecture, specifically x86-64, which is a widely used platform common in many modern PCs. The idea is to make video game development easier on the next-generation console, attracting a broader range of developers large and small. These changes highlight Sony's effort to improve upon the lessons learned during the development, production and release of the PS3. Other notable hardware features of the PS4 include 8 GB of memory and a faster Blu-ray drive.

Among new applications and services, Sony plans to release the PlayStation App, allowing PS4 owners to turn smartphones and tablets into a second screen to enhance gameplay. The company also plans to debut Gaikai, a cloud-based gaming service that hosts downloadable content and games. By incorporating a share button on the new controller and making it possible to view in-game content being streamed live from friends, Sony plans to place more focus on social gameplay as well.

For over a week, we've known for certain what we've long assumed: PlayStation 4 is real, and it's coming out later in 2013. Obviously, the fact that new hardware is on its way raises all sorts of exciting possibilities, but it also draws into question the future of PlayStation 3.

Tomb Raider is a video game franchise which also includes comic books, novels, theme park rides and movies, centring around the adventures of the fictional English archaeologist Lara Croft. The first six games in the series were developed by Core Design, whilst Crystal Dynamics developed the latest four; their fifth game is currently in production. Two movies—Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life—have been produced, starring American actress Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, the first of which is still the highest-grossing film adaptation of a video game ever released in US, and third worldwide.

Since the release of the original Tomb Raider in 1996, notable for its female protagonist, the series developed into a lucrative franchise of related media, and Lara went on to become a major icon of the virtual gaming industry. In 2006, Lara Croft was inducted into the Walk of Game and the Guinness Book of World Records has recognised her as the "Most Successful Human Virtual Game Heroine."

Friday, 1 March 2013

Watch the Willem Dafoe behind the scenes video diary and see the Willem Dafoe describe his incredible experience performing in BEYOND: Two Souls.

In Stores 10.08.13
Pre-Order at GameStop for an exclusive playable additional scene from BEYOND: Two Souls™ and a free upgrade to the Limited Edition!

Game Description:
From the visionary mind of David Cage, director of the award-winning Heavy Rain™, comes the most powerfully emotional experience on PlayStation 3. A singularly unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances, BEYOND: Two Souls™ takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.

Watch the Willem Dafoe reveal trailer and see the first look at the powerful performances in BEYOND: Two Souls by Oscar nominees Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe.

Go behind the scenes to see the how the epic and inspiring "From Ashes" live action trailer was brought to life, delivering an inside look into Kratos' psyche as the memories of his wife and daughter haunt his every step.

God of War: Ascension hits stores March 12, 2013.

Game Description:
Vengeance is born in the fires of betrayal in this prequel to God of War. Join Kratos as he seeks freedom, redemption, and the clarity to avenge his family.

God of War: Ascension is an upcoming third person action-adventure video game being developed by Santa Monica Studio and to be published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). The game is scheduled to be released on March 12, 2013, for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) video game console and will be the seventh installment in the God of War series and a prequel to the entire series. Loosely based on Greek mythology, the game will be set in Ancient Greece with vengeance as its central motif. The player will control the protagonist Kratos, the former servant of the God of War, Ares. Kratos attempts to sever ties with Ares—who tricked Kratos into killing his wife and child—by defeating the three Furies.

The gameplay of God of War: Ascension will be similar to that of its predecessors. The game will focus on combo-based combat, achieved through the player's main weapon—the Blades of Chaos—and secondary weapons acquired later. The game will feature revamped quick time events that require the player to complete various game controller actions in a timed sequence to defeat stronger enemies and bosses.

The game will also feature puzzles and platforming elements. In addition to its similar gameplay, the game will be the first installment to feature multiplayer and be developed with stereoscopic 3D. The game will also feature a revamped combat and weapon system, new gameplay mechanics, and downloadable content. A multiplayer beta was held from December 12, 2012 to January 21, 2013.

God of War: Ascension is an upcoming third person action-adventure video game being developed by Santa Monica Studio and to be published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). The game is scheduled to be released on March 12, 2013, for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) video game console and will be the seventh installment in the God of War series and a prequel to the entire series. Loosely based on Greek mythology, the game will be set in Ancient Greece with vengeance as its central motif. The player will control the protagonist Kratos, the former servant of the God of War, Ares. Kratos attempts to sever ties with Ares—who tricked Kratos into killing his wife and child—by defeating the three Furies.

The gameplay of God of War: Ascension will be similar to that of its predecessors. The game will focus on combo-based combat, achieved through the player's main weapon—the Blades of Chaos—and secondary weapons acquired later. The game will feature revamped quick time events that require the player to complete various game controller actions in a timed sequence to defeat stronger enemies and bosses.

The game will also feature puzzles and platforming elements. In addition to its similar gameplay, the game will be the first installment to feature multiplayer and be developed with stereoscopic 3D. The game will also feature a revamped combat and weapon system, new gameplay mechanics, and downloadable content. A multiplayer beta was held from December 12, 2012 to January 21, 2013.

Ouya will begin shipping to Kickstarter backers on March 28th. The news comes via a new update on the console's Kickstarter campaign from Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman, who notes that "parts are in the factory and assembly lines are buzzing. We'll gradually ramp up production as we make sure things are working."